If your iPhone or iPad is full, there are several things you can do to claw back storage space. In this guide, we run through several options and methods available to free up storage on iOS devices. Feb 27, 2018 So, I’m trying desperately to clear out a few GB of space on my 16GB iPad, and about 75% of my storage space is being used up by “other”. I searched around the internet and the consensus seemed to be that the best way to clear the iPad of unwanted junk after clearing the Safari cache, etc. Was to erase all content and settings and reset it completely after backing it up to iCloud, so.
Memory is precious 💎 What do you do when you need more?
Check Your iPad’s Storage
The first thing you’ll want to do is to check what exactly is taking up space in your iPad's storage. You can find this out in your iPad’s Settings:
Open Settings in your iPad
Make sure you are in the General section in the sidebar
Tap Storage & iCloud Usage
Under the Storage section, tap on Manage Storage
Before You Delete
The two most common solutions to clear storage space on your iPad is to delete photos/videos from your photo library or to uninstall apps. Before you delete anything though, make sure that you know how to backup the files you would like to keep. For example, you can keep a backup of your photo library on iCloud.
Deleting Photos
Here is an easy way to delete multiple photos on your iPad:
Open Photos in your iPad
Tap Select in the upper right corner
Tap on the photos you would like to delete
Tap on the trashcan icon in the upper left corner
When you’re sure, tap Delete Photos
Uninstalling Apps
Having a lot of apps on your iPad can take up a lot of space so be sure to uninstall apps that apps you don’t use in order to keep your iPad clutter-free:
Tap-and-hold on the app you would like to uninstall
Tap on the x in the corner of the app you’re uninstalling
Read the message carefully and once you’re sure, tap Delete
Press your iPad’s home button once you’re finished uninstalling apps
Don’t want to uninstall apps?
If you don’t want to uninstall some apps but don’t have any other way of freeing up memory on your iPad, make sure that you check the saved files in that app. Try deleting some decrepit projects in iMovie or old presentations in Keynote!
We may noticed that certain apps, like Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram, will hog up a bunch of memory on iPad. But when checking the usage details, we don't have the option to clear out the caches within the app. How to clear app caches on iPad?
Cache files can be found in many iPad Apps. When you download an app and start using such an app, cache files start accumulating and use additional space. When we get a new iPad, we are impressed by its smooth running and fast operation. After we use it for a period, we will discover that the iPad space has been used up so quickly. All of these might be as a result of too many app caches.
How To Clean Up An Ipad Storage
Way 1: Clean App Cache One by One
Clean Safari Cache
- Open the Settings app, and scroll down to the fifth group of options (with Passwords & Accounts at the top). Tap Safari at the bottom of this group.
- Scroll down again and tap 'Clear History and Website Data'.
- Tap 'Clear History and Data'.
Note: this will log you out of any websites you've signed into.
Clean WhatsApp Cache
- Open WhatsApp and tap on 'Settings' (found in the corner of the app)
- Locate and tap on 'Data and Storage Usage'. Find and choose 'Storage Usage'.
- Here you will find a list of conversations and threads, tap on any of these contacts thread/conversation to take action on that particular conversations data
- Scroll through the list of details about the conversation with that contact (showing Photos, GIFs, Videos, Voice Messages, Documents, Stickers, etc, total counts, and storage size) and then tap on “Manage”
- Tap on the types of data you want to clear and remove, or select them all, then tap on 'Clear'
- Confirm that you wish to delete that data from WhatsApp by tapping again on “Clear”
- Repeat with other contacts and conversation threads as desired
Clean Other App Cache
Data stored by other apps can be cleaned out using the Usage option in Settings.
- Tap Settings > General > iPhone Storage. (On an iPad that option will be labelled iPad Storage.)
- At the bottom of the screen you'll see your apps, arranged by the amount of storage they take up. Tap an app that's taking up a lot of space.
- Take a look at the entry for Documents & Data. If it's using more than 500MB, it's worth deleting and reinstalling the app to clear the space.
- Tap Delete App, confirm, then head to the App Store (or your Purchased list) and re-download it. This will be a clean install without the data and documents.
Way 2: Clean All Apps Caches at One Time
To delete cache one by one is so annoy thing, so we suggest to use a free tool to do the clean work at one time. The tool we recommend is PanFone iOS Eraser.
PanFone iOS Eraser is a tool to erase data from iPhone, iPad, iPod completely with nothing recoverable. It can wipe off photos, contacts, messages, call history, browsing data, etc. with 0% recovery. It also can erase deleted files and private fragments with no chance to recover. Supports all iOS device running iOS 7 and above (including iPhone 12). It brings your private secure especially when you want to sell, recycle or donate your iPhone.
Clear Caches at One Time by PanFone
Step 1: Download PanFone iOS Eraser and install it on your computer.
Step 2: Launch the program and connect your iOS device with PC.
Step 3: Click 'Free Up Space' and tab 'Quick Scan' on the right panel.
The scan will take few seconds for first time. When it finished, you will see a result list of scan. It shows the spaces taken by Junk files, Temporary File, etc.
How To Clear Ipad Storage Space
Step 4: When the scan finished, you will see a result list of scan. It lists all the removable files on this iPhone.
How To Clean Iphone Storage
Step 5: Click the Clean beside 'Junk Files' and 'Temporary Files'. Make sure of the deletion. The caches of all Apps are cleared completely.